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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24

to carry out. They cannot renew the
lease of the present house without pay
ing three times the present rent So 900.
This they consider too much of good
thing, aud SO have bought another house
on the same avenue, where they propose
to reproduce as faithfully as possible, the
salon and chamber between which the
poet divided his closing years. and to
transfer thither all AFFECTS associated
with HIM. a.
1t is said that Victor Rugo's landlady
is engaged III negotiations for the sale of
his house TO some American SPECTATOR.
As yet the rooms la which Victor Hugo
lived have been lett undisturbed, just as
they were on the day of his death Of
course, however, the family when they
move In a couple OF months, will Leave
nothing but the bare walls. ANY one
buying the place as a show place will,
therefore, have TO provide an imatatIsn
of all the fittings and furniture. Under
all the circumstances it may be doubted
whether the speculation would be good
one. There was an idea of opening
subscription for the acquisition of the
house, bat as the public have been lately
appealed to, for the erection of great
statue to the poet in the Place Victor
Hugo the project has be en- abandoned.
l understand that Victor Hugo as
left sufficient manuscripts TO occupy his
literary executors for many years. Alto
gether great and small, they are said to
number no less than 100000. The Fin
de Satan and "Choses Vues," already
already Issued, are TO be followed sue
cesslvely by an Important work relating
to the difference between men and ami
mails, and play entitled Lies Deux
Jumeraux." The other manuscripts are
too miscellaneous TO be issued seperate-
ly- They will be arranged in one volume
to be called Ocean"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
Plain Talk ON the Servant Question.

From time to time l ses letters from
hired help, usually women, protesting
against the custom of having them eat at
separate tables from those of their EN- :
ployers. | have served and | have had
others serve me, and / would like TO state
one or two ideas on the subject. "Hired
help and servants" are synonymous
terms, only the latter is good English; SO
suppose we use it. When people talk of
the ''rights of servants" it always makes
nae mad. What is a servants business
1t is to serve-tO serve the employer as
the latter may see fit. Much trouble
would be saved for both mistress andser-
want should the latter be careful to state
that she wants certain privileges (such as
eating with the family before contact
ing to work. OF course in large towns or
cities this would not be necessary, for
there the idea of servant eating with
the mistress's family would not be tole-
rated. And this will always be SO. The
mistress who employs me does not try to
lessen my self-respect by stating that
must eat at separate tnble, any more
then 10y telling me so do certain work she
dlsllkes TO perform herself. What would
you think ii a clerk should write letters
to The papers stating that he is being trod
upon because the merchant who EN- ploys
him refuses to let him (the clerk) share
his big desk in his private office? Why,
you would say that clerk was d fool, and
he would be. 1t is the same way with the
servant question. Here is the whole mat
ter. Certain people want certain things
done In a certain way. You wish EN- ploy
ment, and go to them saying you would
like to do that work. It is understood.
of course, that you will do it in a way to
please your employer; if not, the latter
does not want you. La other words, be-
fore you hire out TIC do homework, stipu-
late regardiDg the table and other So
called privileges before you commence.
Then there will be no trouble One Who
is Not Ashamed to be a Servant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
Grant and Lee at Appomattox.

General Horace Porter, who was an
aide of General Grant, contributes to the
November Century an account of his last
campaign, which is profusely illustrated.
From 1t we quote as follows:
ssThe contrast between the two con-
manders was very striking, and could not
fail to attract marked attention, as they
sat ten feet apart from each other.
General Grant, then nearly forty three
years of age, was five feet eight inches in
height, with shoulders slightly stopped.
His hair and full beard were nut-brown,
without a trace of gray in them. He had
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
READY FOR A ROW.
The French and Germans Eager for
Another Trial OF Strength.
The War Spirit Becoming More and
More !ntense.

Concerning Germany and her peculiar
relations to France, an eminent foreign
diplomat says: Germany resent les
nothing so much AS bear surrounded
by a pack of dogs which keep up con-
tinuai barking, though they are careful
to preserve g respectful distance from
the hated but dreaded object of their
dislike. The French inhabitlng the border
provinces are supremacy ingenious IN
continuing petty annOyances to irritate
their grim neighbor, and their happiness
Is at It's height when, as generally hap
pens, they can succeed in persuading The
world that they are the IL jured parties,
aud that the German ogre Is perpetually
seeking excuses for making another at
tempt to devour them. Many incidents
occur daily which would be trivial, were
10 not for the animus obviously prompts
their performance, and which must try
the Teutonic patience sorely. The usual
ly pacific Swiss In the frontier canton
of Basic do not hesitate to show OIL every
possible occasion their affection far the
French or their extreme distaste for the
Germans. They appear to deem it
special grievance that the latter occupy
Mulhausen, city once belonging to
the Swiss confederation, then to France,
and now one of the German spoils of war.
Young Swiss, aspiring for cheap glory,
nerve then,selv with wiHe at Mulhausen,
sing the "Marseilleaise" there get lock ed
up for their pains and
POSE AS MARTYRS
on their return home. French journals
com plain that at the dedication Of a
monument at AItakurch TO the dead of
the French and German armies who fe
there, the German chaplain in his dis
course had the bad taste to dilate on the
'paternal solicitude' of the emperor Will
liam for his Alsatian subjects, but con-
sole themselves by contrasting the decor
Gus behavior of these latter particip pants
III the ceremonies with the conduct of
the German soldiers, who finished the day
by carousal at a brewery. At the con-
secration of another monument, this
time at Couquival, dedicated to some
wCrkmen shot by the Germans in 1870,
M. Paul Deroulede, who has recently re-
turned from Russia, made the speech of
the occasion and aroused the enthusiasm
of his hearers by assuring them of the
affection of the inhabitants of that coun-
try for the French people, their hope
that tue latter would continue to main
tain resolutely independent attitude to-
ward Germany and their expectation of
standing with them one Cay shoulder to
shoulder in the field. OF course, M.
Deroule de's hearers responded with vehe-
ment cheers for Russia, and incidentally
for Boulanger also. All of these things
tend to harden the German heart toward
France, and if the imperial troops again
cross the frontier as victors their com
manders will go with instructions to rule
the conquered territory with a hand OF
iron.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
Armenian Girls Bring Cash.
Lewiston (Me.) Journal.

The letter is from an American living
in the interior of Asia Minor, and rs as
i S~-Aao~o.
''From time immemorial it has been
the universal custom in our country to
do all kinds of business on trust. The
merchant sells his goods and the farmer
his wheat, sheep and oxen on time, vary
ing from one month TO year or more.
but the trade in Armenian girls has al
ways been strictly in advance up to the
present day.
"This last winter two girls in our
region were married, but as the way In
which the business was done attracted my
attention, 1 wish to tell the story to the
readers of your paper. A year ago a
priest in the village of S. lent three hun
dred piasters to a man in the village of
K. on condition that he would pay
eighteen measures of oil as interest. At
the end of the year the priest demanded
his money and his oil, but as the man
had neither money nor oil, he said to the
priest: Come, / will give my girl to
your son, and reckon the debt on her
price, The priest agreed to this, saying:
'We have seen your daughter, SO send for
her and We will marry them The
debtor sent for his girl, and the priest
made preparations for the wedding,
thinking that the bargain was complete.
But not so the father. He said: Give me
five hundred piasters more and you may
have the girl The priest, being hard up,
said: i have no ready money, but after
the wedding is over I will find the money
and pay you To this the father re piled :
Il will not give my girl on time Finally
the priest raises the money and the cere-
mopy is performed.
"The story of the second is as follows:
A young man from the village of K. was
engaged to a girl in the Village of IT,, but
as his money fell short of the sum de
manded by $50 piasters, be tried to Dor
row that sum in the village, but no one
would trust him. As he would not have
tin q to go to his village and get the
money before the beginning of Lent,
during which no one could marry, he
finally persuaded some one to lend him
an OK, which he brought to the girls
father as security till he could raise the
money. The girls father agreed to this,
and they were married. When they
came out of the church the girls father
took them both to his own house, and said
to the bridegroom: You are now married
Go and bring the $50 piasters, after which
you can have your wife, The bridegroom
urged that he had given an OK as Sc
carits; so you must wait till 1 can take
my wife home and bring back the money!
The father replied: Il have kept the OK as
security till now. After this / shall keep
your wife till you bring the money So
on his wedding day the young man was
obliged to leave his wife and 60 to his
village in search of money to pay his
debt. After three weeks time he sue
ceaded in raising the $50 piasters, which
he paid to his father-in law and then took
his wife to his own home"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
Zebehr Pasha's interviewer.

The latest and longest interview of re-
cent times, says the London News, is
surely that of Zebehr Pasha by lady It
occupied over four months, and a first
instaliment of it appears In The Contem-
pOrary Review for September. Miss, or
Mrs. Shaw ran Zebehr to earth at GibraI-
tor Ill his lonely cottage on the rock, and
there, surrounded by his servants,
who occasionally helped with
illustrative notes, and with the aid OF an
interpreter, she took down the old slave
hunters story. I6 is needless 80 say that
in her report Zebehr is washed quite
white. He is a gentleman Of most an
Client descent, and he can count back for
forty generations, right up to Abbas, the
uncle of the prophet. He was kidnafed
into the central African trade, and he
appears to have passed his life III
praiseworthy attempt to moralize it. His
scheme of slave battalions was merely a
hannah alternative to the Nyam Nyam
practice of cannibalism. He induced
that tribe to sell their enemies instead of
eating them. When Zebehr began to do
business with them they ate all prisoners
of war and all fat persons, as we'll as all
who were sill behaved" 1t was rot,
however, considered good breeding to
eat your own relatives. They were sold
to eat, and tilial piety always negotiated
the sale of its mother to friend. This
opening installnIent of a strange story
will make Us all long to hear more Of
Zebehr
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
AIR CASTLES.
A. C. sCAMMELL.

What are you dong my wise one?
What DO y u see SO Fair?
Il am Watching the children building
Their castles In the air.
But what do they see for pattern;
Your castles are fallen, my fair
'Ob, far cies are fleet as the snsels,
And fairies are every where. y
But these al e the common children
That can never be king or queen
Stay Love saw them crowned in their era
die;
They re as loyal as you, ween.n
But they never can live in Star land
WHAT'S the Use of house up there?
"In the cai e-burdened years slow coming.
They may need it for refuge aud prayer
Now what good is this -believings
No ole d cam of them all may be true.
yet Hope asks not graves but sarlahds;
Let TIE little ones Irvine some for YOU
"Let us lend them our fancies a moment,
And help them build high in the blue,
For it may be that when We reach Heaven
We shall find all our DRAWINGS are true"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24

A tailor of Samarcand, Asia, who lived
on the street leading to the burying
ground, kept near his shop an earthen
pot, in which he was accustomed to drop
a pebble whenever body was carried to
its last resting place. Finally the tailor
dice; and seeing the shop deserted, a
person asked what had become of it's
former occupant. "He has gone to pot
himself was the reply by one of the de-
ceased's neighbOrs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24
Victor HugO's House
New Yyrk World.

The children of Victor Hugo will be
obliged to give up their fathers house.
The great literateur lived in a leased
house owned by the Princess de Lusig
nan. She would never sell the property
because its tenant gave it such value.
Hugo, short time before his death,
began to plan for building new house.
This plan his children have not been able
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24

In a work, "essays from the Desk of
Poor Robert the Scribe," published in
1915, the author, @. Miner, tells the story
of boy who, by the offer of liberal
compensation, was induced to turn q
grindstOne for man who desired to
sharpen his az. The promised com pen
satien was never paid, and of one who dis
guises his own selfish aims under an ap-
pearaRce of generosity Or disinterested-
ness it is remarked He had an ak to
grind"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-24

The Rev. Olympia Brown Willis Wins Her
Case in the Circuit Court for Racine County,
Wisconsin.
The case of the Rev. Olympia Brown
Willis vs.. The Inspectors of Election of
the Second Ward of the City of Racine,
Wis, for withholding her ballot In the
municipal election in that city last April,
has been tried in the circuit cCCrs for Ra-
cine county. Judge Winslow presiding. 1t
was g test of the constitutionality of the
state law enacted by the Wisconsin legis-
lature at its last session. Judge Winslow
admitted that the law was bungling af-
fair, but held it constitutional. The
electors of the precinct named will ap-
peal the case to the supreme court of the
state.
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THE DIxTRICT,s ACCOUNTS.
Between Different state
naents Explained.

WHAT Is SAID At TIE DISTRICT BrILDIN0s As 10
RECENT CHARGEs-THE ENPLoYMRNT OF DRAuaHTs-
NAN AND CLERKS IN THE WATER oFFIon-FHB
PLUMBERS REGISTRATION FEE
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llIED.


HARRY RANDOLPH. the son d Bazai M and fsnnis
Z. Beall aged hive months aud two days
oiSeS iroM The nsfs nfe re.saenes No ieis ppns
avenue. between Tenth aud Eleventh streets south
east
Becker.
GATKwoOn. On Thursday evening ct s.A5. LAM
lakewood. aged three Year, and hour months = =
Farewell dear Lambert long farewell
S5exei5 81 we, We shall =, Is meet .ssin'
Where parting ID no mora
Lilo pm. ADELIA. daughter u the late Daniel fsup-
Her funeral viii take place from the rssidencs Of
sister. Mr.. 8 y DOUGLASS, No. es2 Twenty -.econd
Reistsves and friends invited
HARRIS. August ~. 1887. ALBERT HARRia Ia
funsrsi sunday. August 81, from the rs.idspcs q
his Pssents Sl4 Twentyfourth street north 81
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Funeral from her late sssidsnos. Mo- 80 Warner
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fs5:S :isS :. :sS Media b. s's wa~'as'sA ~.
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foCNe NAN FROM BALTIMORE pIsAPrEARs.
mysterious case OF drowning occurred at Cape
Nay "Wednesday. Hedley v. King, in the employ Of
the Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore kail-
road. whose residence for several years has been
In Baltimore. had been spending his vacation In
Dorchester. New Brunswick. Wednesday morn
ing he came down 70 Cape May 10 spend the day
In company with his friend, 4. J. Fletcher, of
for short time they came out and lay GA the
beach King then went back 20 wash the sand on,
out never came out again His suit OF clothes
Was touhd IN the oath-h0use. In the pockets were
S40ln money and some railroad ticletS At the
time OF drowning there was at least one thousand
people IN the water. II was low water and hardly
nle-guafd on the lookout and among 50 many
peopie Is mystery that no one seems able 70
solve Mnat edds stlli more 10 the singular affair
Is the fact that though the wind has been blowing
gale In shore ever since the body has not washed
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THE CRAWFORD CASE.



Yesterday Afternoon Mr.. c. & Moore, OF counsel
for Dr. Willard b. Crawford charged under the
Edmunds law with fornication, concluded his
argument before Judge Harper In the Police Court
He claimed that there was no positive evidence in
troduced BY the Government TO show Or. Craw-
ford's guilt the only evidence being OF presump-
tive character, He read authorities 10 show that
conviction for fornication could not be sustained
on merely presumptive evidence. He took up the
Darling Rva' 4etter, and denied that the prose.
cution had shown In any manner that this letter
was confession of criminal intimacy between his
client and Eva whita The law, he said, did not
recognize as a confession or admission any state
ment made before the preferrtng Of q charge, and
denied that any confession was made by DR.. Craw-
ford to Detective Ran.
He asked Mr.. Lipscomb why he had not brought
Eva White here TO testify, as she was the person
best qualified to prove the guilt or innocence Of
because" Mr.. upscomb said. az never have
known where she was, and / could not have
brought her II would"
Mr.. Moore retorted that the Government had
brought the little brothers, and the father, and
the aunt to the stand, but had not allowed the
wherea bOutS of Eva to be known.
Mr.. LpScOmb commenced the closing argument
at $40 p N. to-day, He said II the court had not
forgotten the case by means OF frequent
interruptions, he was present to present
the Governments side OF the case.
He was here to show the guilty criminal to the
court. although he had been the subject Of abuse
and vtli1cation He referred to the roaring Of the
defense at the beginning and asked who now
has the blare? They now come like the cooling Of
the dove,
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THE BURNING STEAMER.

LONDON, August e.-The boats were eight in
number, and consisted OF four life-bOats and four
pinnaces. These were launched and stocked with
with provisions. The flames spread with great
1erceness, and the efforts to quench them,
it was soon found, were futile. At 8
O'Clock in the morning the passengers were mar
shalled ON deck, preparatory to entering the
boats. Many of them were weeping, but on the
whole they were quiet and orderly; The family
they huddled together in fear and trem-
bling. There was a heavy sea running, and 1t
was with great difficulty that the boats were kept
from being smashed. The crew worked spiendidly,
and all the passengers were placed In the boats in
9 comparatively short time How the boats
hoated with their heavy loads is miracle.
AS the last boat was putting of from the ship
several of the passengers and crew were seen aft.
They had been overlooked and were screaming to
the boats to return. They were subsequently
bravely rescued, half dead from the effects OF the
smoke and heat. The maStS Of ship were seen on
the horizon, but ten hours elapsed before it came
near.
VALUE OF THE STEAMER
NEW YORK. August 19.-The value OF the City OF
Montreal Is estimated by the company at between
S4OO, 600 and $500, OOO which Is fully insured in
foreign companies.
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SEVERAL AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND BILL DRoPPED-
CHAMBRRLAIN ON The HOCsE OF LORDS.
In the house OF commons yesterday, Nj. william
Henry Smith announced that the government
would abandon the Inherent charge BILL the
technical educational bin, Mr. Goschen's revenue
collection bill, the Irish constapulary bill, and
other minor measured He indicated the measures
that the government intended to proceed with,
which include the land allotment BILL Sir William
vernon Harcourt expressed himself satisfied with
the list OF bills retained by the government He
noticed that it did not mention coercion bill num-
her g and he hoped that II had been dropped.
ICheerS from the Irish mem0era1
On the report OF the land bill, Mr.. Balfour chief
secretary for ireland. said that the government
accepted the house OF lords amendment relating to
town parks. Sir VIM. Vernon Harcourt twitted
Mr. Balf0uY with ignorance OF the subject In as
serting that there was no tenant right In town
lands.
Ar. Chamberlain blamed the government for
Changing front at the tnstigati0n Of the house OF
lordss II was the house OF comnonA no said. not
the mouse OF lors that had TO attend TO the later.
ests OF the community. Those tnteFesta would best
be served 81 the Htsauo4 o. ne clause ss y VET
accept the house Of lords amepdment was carried
goo TO 1874 senator 6po0ner, OF Wisconsin, was
present during the proceedings
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Dr. Crockett Denies it.
His STORY DIFfERs FROM THAI or HIS vIrI-No m
TENTIoN OF LHAyING RKR

DR.. W. E Crockett. the Indian herb doctor, who
was reported BY his wife as having deserted her
at Norfolk, Va, arrived there Wednesday. The
doctor was seen by the Baltimore American cor
respondent and shown her story as published.
He admitted that he was the man referred to, and
the woman was his wife but could not imagine
why she had made such complaints against Tim.
He showed telegram from her, saying she would
Join him at Norfolk Friday. He also called in
letter to Norfolk "Wednesday The correspondent
asked: no you know Miss PowellI" To this the
doctor replied: yes know her, and have pre-
scribed for her sister. As to marrying her,
never thought OF such thing. am not quite
ready TO go to the States prison." The doctor
Stated that he left his wife plenty OF money for
along well together,
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Racing Al Saratoga.

SARATOGA, N. Y. August 19.-This was the 18th
regular day OF the race meeting here, the races
of yesterday having been postponed There was
a good attendance, though the weather was cloudy.
The track was heavy.
First race-The Tennessee stakes for 2-year olds,
q mile-EmperOr OF Norfolk won, Van Leland
second, and Pee Weep third; time :l9k.
Second race-1H mlles-Br0wn Duke won, Irish
Pat second, Ellerslie third; time 2:461.
Thiyd Race-The Congress Hall stakes, for all
ages heats OF q mile, Cleaner won the first hest,
with Pearl Jennings second, and Wahoo third.
Time 1.16h.
The second heat was finished with the horses
In the same order as In the first Time, LIT.
Fourth race-mile and 20 yards; ChtcahOminy
won, Nettle second, LeleX third. Time, 1.53L,